CONTEXT The relationship between anxiety and preparatory grief is complex and poorly understood. OBJECTIVES To investigate the relationship between anxiety, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and preparatory grief in a sample of patients with advanced cancer. METHODS Ninety-four patients with advanced cancer completed the Greek version of the Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R-Gr), the Anxi...

BACKGROUND To evaluate relationships between traumatic symptoms and environmental damage conditions among children who survived the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. METHODS The subjects were 12,524 children in kindergartens, elementary schools, and junior high schools in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms for Children 15 items (PTSSC-15)...

OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of and relationship between exposure to Hurricane Andrew, a severe stressor, posttraumatic stress symptoms and immune measures. METHODS Blood draws and questionnaires were taken from community volunteer subjects living in the damaged neighborhoods between 1 and 4 months after the Hurricane. RESULTS The sample exhibited high levels of posttraumatic stress symp...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complicated CNS syndrome. Looking beyond the CNS, recent studies suggest that peripheral blood mononuclear cells could cause and/or exacerbate PTSD. This review summarizes the literature, describes associations between circulating peripheral blood cells and PTSD, proposes a novel mechanism, and analyzes several biomarkers that appear to associate with ...

BACKGROUND To elucidate relationships between disaster damage conditions and sleep duration among children who survived the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. METHODS The subjects comprised 12,524 children in kindergartens, elementary schools, and junior high schools in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms for Children 15 items (PTSSC-15), a self-compl...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complicated CNS syndrome. Looking beyond the CNS, recent studies suggest that peripheral blood mononuclear cells could cause and/or exacerbate PTSD. This review summarizes the literature, describes associations between circulating peripheral blood cells and PTSD, proposes a novel mechanism, and analyzes several biomarkers that appear to associate with ...

background: overwhelming life experiences can trigger stress disorders including acute stress disorder (asd) and post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd). the objective of this study was to investigate the frequency of and predictive factors for asd and ptsd in snakebite victims. methods: in this study, snakebite victims who were admitted to mashhad medical toxicology centre, imam reza hospital, i...

A 48 year old woman was kidnapped, tortured and raped by her former boy-friend and consequently developed posttraumatic stress disorder. A combined SSRI and behaviour therapy showed only limited improvement of the relevant symptoms. On adding olanzapine to the drug regime there was complete remission of all symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)(German J Psychiatry 2007;10:50-52).

INTRODUCTION Behavioral problems and emotional difficulties at children of the veterans of war with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have not been researched entirely. In our country, which has a lot of persons suffering from some psychological traumas, this trauma seems to continue. AIM The aim of this study was to determine the exposure, manifestations of behavioral problems and emotio...

Available evidence shows that an increasing number of soldiers are seeking help for post-traumatic stress disorder. The post-traumatic stress disorder condition has big emotional and psychological consequences for the individual, his/her family and the society. Little research has been done to explore the impact of nature-based therapy for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder although t...